Talk:Grand Central Station (Chicago)


 * Before the station

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 * Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
 * Chicago Central Railroad
 * Chicago and South-Western Railroad
 * Built for Chicago and Great Western Railroad, Chicago and Northern Pacific Railroad, Wisconsin Central Railroad


 * 1897: Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Chicago Central Railroad Chicago Great Western Railway Chicago and Northern Pacific Railroad Chicago and South-Western Railroad Wisconsin Central Railroad
 * 1928: Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Baltimore and Ohio Chicago Terminal Railroad Chicago Great Western Railroad Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railway Pere Marquette Railroad

Info from A Guide to Chicago's Train Stations Present and Past by Ira J. Bach and Susan Wolfson
designed by Solon S. Beman, construction began October 1888 and formally opened December 8, 1890, headhouse was L-shaped, great clock tower, three huge arches to covered carraige court, built by WC at southwest corner of Wells and Harrison, demolished 1969 --SPUI (talk) 03:48, 25 November 2005 (UTC)

Redundant Wikilinking
I'm of the opinion that wikilinking is hard to read, and redundant wikilinking, especially to the same page within the same paragraph, is unnecessary. To wit, I removed the most recent edit. However, I'd be happy if it was put back. I'm even happier that there are other people willing to work on this article! Gws57 01:45, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

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BetacommandBot (talk) 19:04, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Third Counterweight for B&OCT Bascule Bridge and the St. Charles Air Line Bridge?
There is a claim in the text that the the B&OCT Bascule Bridge and the St. Charles Air Line Bridge "share a common third counterweight between them". Not only is that dubious from a technical standpoint, but while looking on aerial views (available on the GoogleMaps and Bing) and other images available on the internet I found this to be actually not the case. I would kindly ask for a reference that supports this claim, or otherwise I will remove the claim. Tony Mach (talk) 08:39, 1 February 2014 (UTC)

One more thing: This lengthy technical description I found does not describe any shared counterweight, as far as I can see. (Instead it describes the B&OCT bridge having one counterweight, and the SCAL bridge having two counterweights – no where in that lengthy technical description is anything described that would resemble a "shared common counterweight" in an even remote way.)

If there is a shared common third counterweight described somewhere, I would kindly ask someone to point out to me the relevant passage(s). Tony Mach (talk) 09:04, 1 February 2014 (UTC)


 * I have removed the following section, as it completely unsupported by references (and as far as I can see unsupported by reality):


 * However, it was not dismantled and currently sits locked in the "open" position. Because they are bascule bridges, both the B&OCT and the Air Line bridges each have a counterweight of their own, and in this case, they share a common third counterweight between them. This design allowed them to operate in unison, with an operator from the B&OCT in charge of operating both bridges.  This has led to a curious historical oddity, as the CSX, successor railroad to the B&O, owns a bridge that it cannot abandon, because the bridge is needed to continue operating a second bridge it does not own.


 * Tony Mach (talk) 09:25, 1 February 2014 (UTC)
 * You should have read the references more carefully. The HAER reference here, already included in the article (as reference #37 at the time of this writing) specifically mentions the shared, third counterweight on page 3. oknazevad (talk) 13:41, 1 February 2014 (UTC)

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